You should utilize the systems thinking approach to analyze one of the following topic.
Topic of presentation-How to promote health and well-being in workplaces through environmental design.
You should submit one diagram in which all the components and their relationships to one another are shown. Also, you should submit a text in which they explain the whole diagram.
In your analysis, you should go as deep as you can. Here is an example of a shallow analysis:
Example 1: To reduce the environmental footprint in office buildings, we need to use materials that are sustainable.
The construction of any building can impact the environment in multiple ways. Among these are environmental pollution (water and air), consumption of resources (water, minerals, etc.), greenhouse gas emission, disturbing existing ecosystems, and so on. In Example 1, none of these factors are discussed. Here is a better example:
Example 2: To reduce the environmental footprint of an office building, we need to consider the following factors: (1) environmental pollution (water and air), (2) consumption of resources (water, minerals, etc.), (3) greenhouse gas emission, and (4) disturbing existing ecosystems. Office design can address any of these factors. For instance, the location of an office building in relation to the adjacent neighborhood is important. By locating an office in a neighborhood with diverse uses, people can address their daily needs (post office, restaurants, grocery shopping, etc.) within walking distance. Hence they do not need to use fossil fuels to get to a post office, for example. That way less amount of fossil fuel will be burned and consequently less amount of greenhouse gasses will be omitted. Less amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere can reduce the global warming effect and hence we can avoid the negative effects of global warming on the ecosystem. One example of the negative effects of global warming is the melting of glaciers. This can result in multiple negative consequences. First, as glaciers melt, the global sea level rises. Therefore, some of the cities that are built by sea can get underwater. The construction of these cities has had a huge cost on the environment and losing these constructions means that we need to construct new constructions. New constructions will result in an additional impact on the environment.
Second, as the glaciers melt, more surface of the soil will be exposed to solar energy. Since the soil is darker compared to ice, the soil absorbs more energy compared to ice. This will further increase the temperature of the atmosphere and accelerates the melting process of glaciers. As more glaciers melt, the global sea level will increase faster, and more built construction will submerge. This will further exacerbate the negative effect that was discussed in the previous point.
Example 2 is a better analysis because it traces a greater number of links in the chain of office buildings’ environmental impact. Of course, this analysis can be expanded much further. For example, we can talk about how placing an office building in a neighborhood with diverse use can encourage people to walk and how this additional physical activity can contribute to the health and well-being of people. In this assignment, you are supposed to go as deep as you can.
To understand a system, it is useful to create visual elements of various components and their relationship to one another. Thus, each team should create a diagram in which all the components and their relationships are shown.
An essay is also provided with this document. Make sure to read the attached document and also watch the videos that are provided in it. This will help you to refresh your mind on the systems thinking approach and also it introduces some tools that are necessary to complete this assignment.
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